Paris 2024 Olympics: Seine water quality was degraded when Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo went swimming

Anne Hidalgo se baigne dans la Seine MAXPPP – Bruno Levesque

The quality of the water in the Seine was insufficient when Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo went swimming on July 17 with the Prefect and Tony Estanguet.

According to water quality readings, the Seine was not normally swimmable on July 17, when Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo went swimming, according to information revealed by France Info.

Even though the readings show an improvement in water quality, it was not good when the Paris Mayor went swimming.

Significant improvements since the beginning of the month June

Since the start-up of the Austerlitz wastewater storage basin and the ban on barges discharging their water into the Seine, the water quality of the Seine has greatly improved. Enough to maintain, for the moment, the holding of the triathlon, the swimming part of which will take place in the Parisian river.